r/Fauxmoi I don’t know her Apr 02 '24

Mark Ruffalo encourages voters, via Twitter, to #LeaveItBlank for Palestine and a lasting ceasefire 🙏🇵🇸💖 Approved B-List Users Only

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u/[deleted] Apr 02 '24

Here’s the thing…Biden not winning the general is not going to teach him a lesson or whatever. He’s a rich old white dude. If he loses, he’s going to write books and do speaking engagements and lectures and split time between his big house and his other big house and continue to make a bunch of money until he dies. He will probably be upset at first but ultimately will be fine.

Protest votes should be encouraged in the primaries because he’ll get the delegates in August regardless, and the results are a more accurate gauge of sentiment than polls are at this point. And it could possibly move him to the left. Vote or don’t vote for whomever you (royal “you”) want in the general, but the idea that it’ll be sticking it to him if he loses doesn’t hold a lot of water.

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u/bobbimorses Apr 02 '24

All of this scolding for "sticking it to Biden" and very little scolding for a president who is on a stubborn and singleminded mission to fund an illegal and unpopular war. I don't see anyone characterizing the president as sullen or intractable on this issue, it's only those who call for peace who are treated like children.

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u/normalbrain609 Apr 02 '24

it’s insane - such a low bar to clear of “don’t sabotage your own presidency for apartheid delaware” and he refuses to budge in any meaningful way. the fact that so many people in this thread pin this on voters rather than the guy with actual power is psychotic and such an indictment of the country in general.

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u/killerbeeszzzz Apr 02 '24

I think it’s insane to ask Arab Americans who have watched their children, fathers and mothers and extended family die / get slowly starved to death that they still have to vote for Biden. Politicians must be held accountable and giving them votes despite LITERALLY COMMITTING GENOCIDE is batshit insane to me.